Misc - to sort of catch up...

Some posts from my FB account:

This, to distill the issue, is what we are faced with. If the Senate were not able to change the rules of filibuster - which has very good reasons to exist - then the U.S. would not be where it is today. 

As Heinlein writes in one of his books: 

'I note one proposal to make this Congress a two-house body. Excellent — the more impediments to legislation the better. But, instead of following tradition, I suggest one house of legislators, another whose single duty is to repeal laws. Let the legislators pass laws only with a two-thirds majority... while the repealers are able to cancel any law through a mere one-third minority. Preposterous? Think about it. If a bill is so poor that it cannot command two-thirds of your consents, is it not likely that it would make a poor law? And if a law is disliked by as many as one-third is it not likely that you would be better off without it?

-- Professor Bernardo de la Paz, "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".'

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"If you believe in equal rights, then what do "women's rights," "gay rights," etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all."
Thomas Sowell

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  Matthew Blarflemort Descriptors which address the disparity between the ideal and actual?
  
  A universal label does not invalidate that we are finite beings who only have a limited amount of resources to dedicate to an individual cause. There are many areas in which rights are not equal, by labeling a defined area, an effort can be rallied to address it.

  December 5, 2013 at 8:04pm
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  VTwoodchuck Jim Ah, but the win-win-win philosophy is based on the belief of unlimited possibilities (and resources for creativity.)

  December 5, 2013 at 9:03pm · Like
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  Matthew Blarflemort The inability to achieve perfection does not negate the importance to strive for it.

  December 5, 2013 at 9:35pm
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  Matthew Blarflemort You imparted that message on me as a model for my character growth.

  December 5, 2013 at 9:37pm
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  VTwoodchuck Jim ...and hence, equal rights are the perfection for which to strive.

  December 5, 2013 at 9:39pm · Like
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  Matthew Blarflemort Of course, though similar to stair building, it's a step-by-step process.

  December 5, 2013 at 9:40pm · 1
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  Michael Davis I beg to differ here, you build stairs all at once. Otherwise, they fall over.

  December 6, 2013 at 5:59am · Like
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